Tabu search based multi-watermarks embedding algorithm with multiple description coding

被引：53

作者：

Huang, Hsiang-Cheh ^{[1
]}

Chu, Shu-Chuan ^{[2
]}

Pan, Jeng-Shyang ^{[3
]}

Huang, Chun-Yen ^{[3
]}

Liao, Bin-Yih ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan

[2] Flinders Univ S Australia, Sch Comp Sci Engn & Math, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[3] Natl Kaohsiung Univ Appl Sci, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

来源：

INFORMATION SCIENCES | 2011年 / 181卷 / 16期

关键词：

Watermarking; Error resilience; Multiple description coding; Vector quantization; Optimization; Tabu search; COPYRIGHT PROTECTION; ROBUST; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSFORM; CAPACITY; DESIGN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ins.2011.04.007

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Digital watermarking is a useful solution for digital rights management systems, and it has been a popular research topic in the last decade. Most watermarking related literature focuses on how to resist deliberate attacks by applying benchmarks to watermarked media that assess the effectiveness of the watermarking algorithm. Only a few papers have concentrated on the error-resilient transmission of watermarked media. In this paper, we propose an innovative algorithm for vector quantization (VQ) based image watermarking, which is suitable for error-resilient transmission over noisy channels. By incorporating watermarking with multiple description coding (MDC), the scheme we propose to embed multiple watermarks can effectively overcome channel impairments while retaining the capability for copyright and ownership protection. In addition, we employ an optimization technique, called tabu search, to optimize both the watermarked image quality and the robustness of the extracted watermarks. We have obtained promising simulation results that demonstrate the utility and practicality of our algorithm. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：3379 / 3396

页数：18